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1300 RACK OR CASING Filed Oct. 27, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 17, 1946 U NI TE D STATES E NT F'F ICE BOQKRAGK OR CASING Willis 1;. Ramsey, Par-ma, Mo.

Application October 27, 1944;. SeriaLNoi. 560,635

This invention relates to cabinets. for holding hooks,v such as. catalogs orthe like, provided with means for suspending thebooks. in compartments ina desk or cabinet-like structure, in which book holders are provided. that are movable from a closed] position. where the books are suspended inthe cabinet. to an open. position where the book holders: are caused to assume an approximately horizontal position at the top of the cabinet, where. the books can be opened for consultation andreading It. is. an object of the invention to provide a cabinet with one or more book. holders or carriers,.swing i-ng1y or pivotally mounted with relation to. thecasing and comprising a block or base having. an aperture to receive a pivot, and. provided with. means by which the. book may be detachably held in placethereon; means being alsoprovided for permitting. a book backing or cover to. be hinged tothe book holder.

It is a further object of the invention. to provide. a cabinet of the character indicated whereby the book holder may be moved from within. the cabinet. to the top thereof, in which latter position it is held by the opened. book resting on. the. top of the cabinet or .the tops of the other 3 Claims. (Cl. 211 -42) 2' Figure 5 illustrates a sectional view on the lin 5-5'of Fig. 2; T

Figure 6 illustrates a sectional view similar to Fig. 5 with the carrier in open position;

Figure 'l illustratesa sectional view on the line 1-1 of Fig. 3; and

Figure i3 illustrates a sectional view of a. book having an aperture for the reception of the means for holdingit on the. carrier.

In these drawings a substantially rectangular frame having parts generally identified by the numeral 10 is provided with a front panel I I and end. panels I2 and. a plurality of partitions l3 spaced from one another to form compartments,

' in which the book holders operate and in which onthe pivot. The upper side edges of the. book units of. the cabinet, and. the relation of. parts is suchthat when the; book is closed, the holder assumes its position within the cabinet by gravity after it has been tilted off center by lifting the end of the holder at the front of the cabinet.

It is a still further object of the invention to produce a cabinet or rack in which the books may be installed or removed expeditiously, and in which the holding means operate in conjunction with relatively thin or thick books, within predetermined bounds.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a top plan view of a cabinet or rack showing the book holders in plan;

Figure 2 illustrates a View in elevation of the rear side of the cabinet;

Figure 3 illustrates a plan view showing the details of the book holder;

Figure 4 illustrates a vertical sectional view longitudinally of the cabinet;

carrier are beveled as at [6, to provide a clearance. for thebook backings I! which are attached to the. carriers by hinges [8, as fully shown in Fig. 7., the. hinges being. securedv to the carriers by fastenings l9, such as screws or the like. The book carriers are provided with shoulders on which the inner butts 2| of the hinges are seated, so that the upper surface of each butt of the hinge is in line with the upper surface of the carrier; furthermore, the said shoulders are provided with screw eyes 22 at each side of the carrier between which the back of the book 23 is stationed, the said book having a transverse aperture, such as 24, shown in Fig. 8, through which is laced the book retaining device, such as a thong or flexible member 25, which passes through the apertures of the book and through the eyes of the screws, substantially as shown in plan, Fig. 3, the ends of the flexible member or thong being secured to the carrier in appropriate manner, as by staples or tacks 26, conventionally shown in Fi 3.

ifter the books have been installed on the book carriers, each of said book carriers may be swung to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 5 which may be regarded as the normal position of the book carrier, when the books are within the cabinet, or the book carrier may be turned to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 6 when the book is exposable on the top of the cabinet. The book Carrier has two shoulders or flanges 21 and 3 28, the former of which engages the upper surface of the top of the cabinet to limit the movement of the book carrier and retain it in open position when the book is open, whereas the shoulder 28 engages the under surface of the rail or strip of material connected to the partitions [3 and front panel II, which the shoulder 28 abuts when the carrier is swung to a closed position, as shown in Fig. 5 and, in operation, when the book carrier is lifted from its position as shown in Fig. 6 to disengage the shoulder 21 from the top of the cabinet, the carrier by gravity assumes the position in which it is shown in Fig. 5 and the weight of the book serves to retain the parts in the closed position.

While the drawings show the book carrier as having a single book installed in each compartment, it is obvious that a plurality of thin books,

price-lists, catalogs or other informative publications may be nested or assembled on the book carrier and provided with apertures for the lacings, so that other than a single book may be stored in each compartment.

I claim:

1, In a device of the character described, a

frame having upright partitions mounted there-' on, a member connected to the top at an outer edge of each partition, a pivot supported by the partitions near their upper edges, book carriers in the paces between the partitions oscillatably mounted on the pivot, shoulders on the ends of each book carrier for alternately engaging the upper and lower surfaces of said member of the frame whereby the book carrier is arrested in its movement when oscillated, book backings, associated with each of the book carriers, a hinge 'by which each book backing is mounted on the book carrier, said book carrier having recesses in its side edges forming clearances for the butts of the hinges, means for securing the hinges to the book carrier and bookbacking, respectively, and means on the book carrier for holding a book thereon.

2. In a device of the character described, a frame having upright partitions mounted thereon, a member connected to the top at an outer edge of each partition, a pivot supported by the partitions near their upper edges, book'carriers in the spaces between the partitions oscillatably mounted on the pivot, shoulders on the ends of each book carrier for alternately engaging the upper and lower surfaces of said member of the frame whereby the book carrier is arrested in its movement when oscillated, book backings associated with each of the book carriers, a hinge by which each book backing i mounted on the book carrier, said book carrier having recesses in its side edge forming clearances for the butts of the hinges, means for securing the hinges to the book carrier and book backing, respectively, means on the book carrier for holding a book thereon, said means comprising stationary elements on the book carrier in spaced relation to each other transversely of. the book carrier, the space between the stationary elements being adapted to receive the back of the book, a flexible J member threaded through apertures of the book and attached to the stationary elements, and means for securing the-flexible member to the carrier. I

3. In a device of the character described, a frame having upright partitions mounted thereon, a member connected to the top at anouter edge of each partition, a pivot supported by the partitions near their upper edges, book carriers in the spaces between the partitions oscillatably mounted on the pivotjshoulders-on the ends of each book carrier for alternately engaging the upper and lower surfaces of said member of the frame whereby the book carrier is arrested in its movement when oscillated, book backings associated with each of the book carriers, a hinge by which each book backing is mounted on the book carrier, said book carrier having recesses in its side edges forming clearances for the butts of the hinges, means for securing the hinges to the book carrier and book backing, respectively, means on the book carrier for holding a book thereon, said means comprising screw eyes anchored in the carrier and spaced apart transversely of the carrier'a distance to form a clearance for the reception of a book back, a flexible element; threaded through the transversely disposed apertures of the book and through the openings of the screw eyes for retaining the book in position, and means for anchoring the ends of the flexible member to the said carrier. v

P WILLIS L. RAMSEY, 

